New
Jersey Health Statistics
1999

TABLE
M13. LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN 1999 AMONG RESIDENTS 1-4 YEARS OLD

NEW
JERSEY, 1994-1999

YEAR

UNINTENTIONAL
INJURIES

MALIGNANT
NEOPLASMS

CONGENITAL
ANOMALIES

HOMICIDE

INFLUENZA
& PNEUMONIA

TOTAL

MOTOR
VEHICLE

NUMBER

%

NUMBER

%

NUMBER

%

NUMBER

%

NUMBER

%

NUMBER

%

1994

39

24.0

11

6.6

15

9.3

13

7.8

18

11.0

3

2.1

1995

34

18.9

10

5.4

16

8.9

12

6.6

17

9.4

4

2.3

1996

24

16.5

9

6.1

15

10.5

13

8.8

9

6.2

5

3.4

1997

38

26.7

16

10.9

10

7.0

12

8.3

15

10.5

5

3.4

1998

31

23.8

9

6.8

16

12.4

11

8.5

9

6.9

1

0.5

1999

29

21.6

8

6.0

17

12.7

11

8.2

9

6.7

7

5.2

1994-1998
data are from the NJ single cause of death file. 1999 data are from
the NCHS multiple cause of death file.
1994-1998 numbers have been comparability-modified. See Table
A for preliminary comparability ratios.